Roman Polanski, 91
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Luc Besson, 66
3
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
4
William Wyler (1902-1981)
5
Frank Darabont, 66
6
Leos Carax, 64
7
Mathieu Kassovitz, 57
8
Romain Gavras, 43
9
Jacques Audiard, 72
10
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
11
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
12
Louis Leterrier, 51
13
Louise Le Prince
14
Roman Coppola, 59
15
Anthony Finocchiaro, 38
16
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
17
Catherine Breillat, 76
18
Loic Prigent, 51
19
Claude Miller (1942-2012)
20
Alain Chabat, 66
21
Claire Denis, 78
22
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
23
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
24
Born in France
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Michel Gondry, 61
25
Justine Triet, 46
26
Michel Hazanavicius, 57
27
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
28
Jonathan Alric, 36
29
FloBer, 33
30
Andre Techine, 82
31
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
32
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 71
33
Jann Turner, 60
34
Fabien Baron, 65
35
Claude Lelouch, 87
36
Jonathan Kaplan, 77
37
Alexandre Aja, 47
38
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
39
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
40
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
41
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
42
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
43
Francois Ozon, 57
44
Philippe Garrel, 76
45
JC Pieri, 35
46
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
47
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 81
48
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